December 29, 2009

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Rep. Dan Burton (R-Ind.) — the guy who blew away a pumpkin to replicate Vince Foster's "murder" and called President Clinton a "scumbag" — is the first Republican out of the box to call for DHS Secretary Janet Napolitano's resignation.

Never mind that half of Burton's press release implicates the FBI, DOJ, State Department and foreign governments just as much as DHS. ...

He concludes that, like a January Santa hat, Napolitano's just got to go!

“The details surrounding Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab’s attempt to kill hundreds of Americans on Northwest Flight 253 amount to what is a phenomenal breach of security. This Al Qaeda operative offered no shortage of red flags, but none caught the eye of intelligence and security officials. Reports indicated that the laundry list of warning signs includes Mr. Abdulmutallab, who was on the terrorist watch list, buying a one-way ticket with cash, not checking any luggage, and boarding the flight without a passport. Most shocking, his father told the U.S. Embassy in Nigeria, weeks ago, that his son had been radicalized and is dangerous.

"The fact that this security breach occurred in such a brazen way means that there was a level of significant incompetence involved, and I believe that rests solely on the shoulders of Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano. After serving on the Foreign Affairs Committee for the last 25 years, I can say with certainty that Secretary Napolitano does not have the background or experience necessary to execute her responsibilities. Her bizarre remarks on Sunday were the final straw in a series of embarrassing and incompetent comments this year. By saying ‘the system worked,’ Secretary Napolitano has undermined the confidence of Americans."

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There is no taking back the comments she made on Sunday. She is clearly incompetent and needs to leave her post immediately. If the administration does not remove her, it will only worsen their credibility to protect us (which is what the role of government is!). This is an outrage. I hope more congress members on both sides step up the pressure to have her resign! This is not an "on the job training" position and should be taken very seriously.

What ever happened to the "Buck stops here?" Let me ask any executive on this site, past or present, if one of your employees posed a significant risk to the welfare of fellow workers, would it not be your responsibility to fire them? Instead what we have is Obambi and Neopalitano, two heads that should roll, declaring that TSA should be unionized. Unconscionable, conduct which should lead to the resignation of both. How many of our fellow citizens must be sacrificed to this ineptitude? The first words out of the fools mouth was that "we inherited the policy from Bush." As Mr. Lewis points out, he was outed to our embassy (State Department) by his own father and the tip died on the vine; not a year ago, but months ago. Any fool could put these points together and come up with a red flag, but not this administration.
In point of fact, possibly 9/11 would have been avoided were it not for a Democrat congress that prevented extra-agency sharing of intelligence. We are back to the strategy of fighting terrorism with a bag over our heads and for that heads should roll. Now comes the Obama strategy of Constitutional rights extended to the enemy and the extent of Buggerdullah's revealing intelligence which could prevent another attack. No water-boarding, we wouldn't want to get the sucker wet, now would we? He has already lawyered up. Where is the outrage? Obama gets a B+ for workouts in Hawaii, for governance he gets a big fat F.

Ho, hum. Burton, as usual, shows his lack of decorum and class. Ms. Napolitano was given bad advice on her first statement...she and the Press Secretary Gibbs were thrown under the bus..in this case.. an airbus.

I am a US citizen working in Canada an they are far better at screening than the US TSA organization thought the problem is not procedural but management.. mgt of intelligence and daily operations...the employee is not the problem the management is...how many times do Drucker and Deming need to be quoted!

When the head of Homeland Security repeatedly demonstrates an inability to manage, as well as a peculiar ignorance of either mundane or critical facts, does she get sidelined? Not in this Administration.
http://pacificgatepost.com/2009/12/napolitano-incompetence-in-ascendance.html
How can someone this incompetent retain her job, and why has the task become so unimportant?

Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napotliano is as incompitent as a rattlesnake in defending the American people. Rep. Burton is correct in calling for her resignation,
and any Representative or Senator worth his
salt will join him. Politico is doing a disservice
by trying to discredit Rep Buton.

Thank God no one died. This administration is made up of complete buffoons. This "Failure of a President" has made one bad appointment after another. Napolitano needs to go and needs to go now! See how our weak president puts his spin on her not getting ax'd.

Burton: "By saying ‘the system worked,’ Secretary Napolitano has undermined the confidence of Americans." Not exactly. My confidence in this administration cannot be undermined any futher. It flatlined several month ago. But keep up the pressure Representative Burton, and talk some of your associates in to speaking up too. This is the most corrupt, incompetent administration ever.

Burton should be in an insane asylum... along with Hoekstra, Inhofe, Bachman, Palin, and so many more repub low-I.Q.ers.
How in the world do these truly ignorant human beings get elected to high office? Do conservatives really want stupid people running the country? I guess we've already seen the answer....

This will be a test to see if the Repubs are willing to take off the gloves and fight for control of the houses in 2010. Ja No flunked this test so badly Repubs should have her head on a platter by the end of Jan, if they can't it could spell trouble for all of US.

At least two of Obama's appointees to high positions in DHS are "devout Sunni" Muslims with interesting pasts, connections and associations. Arif Alikhan has lived in Pakistan and India. Does he have dual citizenship...is he even an American citizen? He was APPOINTED BY BARACK OBAMA AS ASST SECY OF DHS.
Alikhan is strongly anti-Israel; he has referred to the terrorist organization Hezbollah as a "liberation movement." Hezbollah is on the US official terrorist list while being an affiliate of the Muslim Public Affairs Council. Alikhan also opposed President George W. Bush's prosecution of the war on Islamic terror.
Damascus-born Kareem Shora, whom J. Napolitano swore in as her official advisory council, is the head of council the head of an Arab American organization whose officials have labeled deadly anti-U.S. jihadists as “heroes” and opposed referring to Hamas as a terrorist organization.
The American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee, or ADC, also has close ties to anti-Israel professor Rashid Khalidi, whose association with President Obama – stirred controversy during last year’s presidential campaign.
The ADC also leads the opposition to domestic anti-terrorism measures taken after the 9-11 attacks, such as watch lists, background check delays for visas and an initiative meant to more comprehensively screen visitors from select Mideast countries or specific individuals labeled as possible national security threats. Could these be the holes in security? Do we have the foxes watching the henhouse? Is this America destroyed from within?

The quote from "The Reasonable Quote" is hilarious - her 'thinking' President was actually playing golf in Hawaii for three days before he was able to respond to this Christmas Day terrorist attack by making a simply ludicrous statement. So..... after Napolitano claims that the system worked, and Obama claims that we should be comfortable flying (3 days later), and Gibbs blames the whole process on Bush - does anyone really feel there is a competent staff at the White House? This is how a "thinking" President acts? Please give me the Cowboy - at least I wasn't afraid to fly.

If Napolitano is a fault it because she didn't strengthen the protocol that she inherited from the Bush admin. If this had happened a year ago there would have been the same protocol and the same result. Burton is showing the repubs the leadership they lust for -- vitriolic hatred and a lack of responsibility for their own actions or inactions.

She was never qualfied for this job, she does not know how to react to a man induced disaster. Maybe she should just be around for hurricanes, volanic eruptions, tidal waves, etc. As long as the cause is not human, she is your girl.

Napolitano was a joke in Arizona. And we are still suffering her incompetence; and when she was placed in the position of Homeland Security Secretary, I was thunderstruck by Obama's stupidity. This chaos generated by Napolitano's and Atty Gen Holder's collective incompetence is only going to get worse unless they get the collective boot.

The system worked, she said?. Yes, what a wonderful system that even allowed this schmuck any where near a airplane!. Ant terrorist on any list should not be allowed to fly anywhere into this Country or out of this Country. Does that make any sense to this administration?.

Excuse me was anyone besides the idiot injured? Burton is a weasel. Do all republicans wet themselves whenever there is an attempt at violence? Besides I thought republicans said the reason we were fighting in Iraq was so we wouldn't have to fight them here. Guess that isn't working. Why don't the republicans suggest that ALL passengers be allowed to carry hand guns on planes? That seems to be their answer for life on the streets.

face it she was never qualified for the job. As the governor of AZ., she was an early supporter of Obama's run for the white house and this was her pay back. You know the appointments this guy has made across the board are no different then the Reed payoff's for healthcare reform

Glenn, what a truly tacky posting. Why use this comment - the guy who blew away a pumpkin to replicate Vince Foster's "murder" and called President Clinton a "scumbag" - after Burton's name? Don't recall you using any similar "trashing" after a Democrap's name. Burton certainly made sense with his comments on Janet (Man-Made Disasters) Napolitano. So, why did you feel the need to trash him? Stooping to pettiness is most unbecoming in journalism. That should be left to the Commenters like us.

What idiots the GOP leadership are!! Do they really think they are going to be able to politicize this??
Napolitano is doing a much better job than any Bush appointee yet, and she should be given the resources to dismantle and dismember this Bush-era behemoth that simply does not work.
The GOP, as usual, did their best to prove Gummint doesn't work by instaling the worst possible kind of ruinously expensive bureaucracies, and then giving the lead to hacks and GOP turds.
Obama should wipe all BUsh appointments, and redefine this so it works.

He is totally correct. And let's talk about the terrorist act in Texas were soldiers lost their life. The Administration is ignoring the attack.
This administration likes muzlims, I get that, but Barack Hussein Obama have to take a role in teh war on terror. Napolitano and Obama, let's fire both!

you people are all insane! unless full body cavity searches are conducted on every traveler, there will always be a risk. the goal right now is make the risk as small as possible without making you take your clothes off every time you want to get on a plane. i'm not sure what system you are all advocating that can remove all risk, but i would love to hear it! and to anyone who says he was on a list because his father reported him. it's true. but do you really think that every time a family member reports someone, a full search should be done?? do you not see how a system like that can be abused?? i think his name was put on a list for further investigation and to make note that he was mentioned. i do think the system worked how it should. the fact that this or the shoe bomb didn't work is a testament to how hard it is to smuggle and detonate something on a plane even though these psycho terrorists are dedicated with their life to the task!

Napolitano or Holder? I couldn't decide which was the more incompetent member of this inept administration until Janet's "the system worked...ok, the system failed...you caught me!" statements! Of course, if the President replaced her, he'd only appoint someone as totally unqualified as she is so I guess we need to hire some qualified security tutors for her ASAP!

The bomb failure had 2 terrorist prisoners, that were released from Guantanamo, help with the planning of this failed bombing.
Point being, Obama still wants to release some prisoners, and close Guantanomo, and try them over her in America. People need to understand that these terrorists don't care if they die, so yes, they will go back to their country of choice, and start planning the next event.
This president needs to pay more attention to the security of this country, and stop making it easy for the terrorists to attack. Here is a president who goes around to other countries with evil leaders who want us dead, and bad mouths this country.
You bet those countries know what is happening to the secruity of this country. Look how many events we have had this past year.
This adminstration is the most corrupt adminstration I have ever seen in my life time. This is pathetic.

The only head that needs to roll is that of Jim DeMint a R who has held up the nomination of the TSA chief. Obama's team needs to be in place and this is rediculous that such irresponsible behavior on the part of a US senator is just glazed over. The guy got on the plane in , not in the US. Although, Britain denied him a Visa, so the US should have done something. In addition, the sacrifices that family made to turn this guy in is admirable and should have been taken more seriously. If family is willig to warn the govt, such an act of good will should not be dismissed lightly.

yeah right Dan Burton (R-Ind.) Scumbag, Where were you while Bush the dumber was driving America into a ditch? huh Where were you, you slimey PUKE? You are the one that should go, You and the rest of the Party of NO.

Let's be reasonable, folks. Yes, Dan Burton IS Indiana's Jesse Helms - the two reasons we return this doddering old fool to Washington are: 1) that way, he can't run for any LOCAL office and 2) we all need a little comic relief once in awhile.
However - the level of incompetence demonstrated thus far by the current administration is absolutely astounding, but I do believe it is less dangerous than the "we don't care what anybody thinks, we're going to do it our way" attitude of the previous administration that got us into many bad situations, both domestically and internationally, that will take years to correct. Every administration has had a learning curve - I am willing to give this one a little more time to gain its footing.

Janet Napolitano is doing the same thing to this position that she did to Arizona as governor, she is messing it up. Her background is she took a state with a surplus of 20B dollars and turned it in to a state that was in debit by 4B dollars in as short three years. Now she’s taking DHS and making it something we should all fear since they are not getting the tools to do the job or the training, and as far as our boarders she’s all for letting everyone across even the dug dealers. The Sheriff in Arizona is having a hard time with her and the state department because of her, we have laws let’s enforce them if you are illegal you are illegal no matter where you’re from.
"Dame-it-Janet" needs to go.

Mr. Thrush, I want you to tell me what in this article that was stated by Mr. Burton is incorrect?
Instead you try to paint this man as a wacko by bringing up issues that over 10 years old. I can give you a list 10 miles long of "unkind" word said of Former President Bush and for that matter, Former President Reagan.
Nothing that was said by Mr. Burton is correct and I am glad to see this Congressman going out there and being the first prominent politician to call for her resignation.
I wish my representatives had the gravitas to do the same, but alas I live in Illinois. Its the Chicago way is now the Obama way

Yeah, yeah, we dealt with Republican crap earlier this year when she was supposed to resign because of a DHS report stating that right-wing homegrown terrorism was threat ... big deal. Repubs hate anything Dems and Obama do.

I worked da** hard to provide dependable, reliable service to the folks on my mail routes for 29 years. The closest thing to a physical encounter I experienced was with my union shop steward as I tried to stay GAINFULLY employed at all times. Napolitano and the Obama choice for TSA head would saddle that agency that needs to be more nimble--not less--with layer upon layer of union foot-dragging, grievance filing, turf battles and probably dead Americans. The TSA needs leadership not more petty bureaucrats.

If this had happened under Bush and the HLS Director had made this statement----- he/she would have been gone. This goes beyond politics because of the important nature of the job. Ms Napolitano has talent that can be better used in another part of the government. Promote her now. HOWEVER it is not true this situation undermined the confidence of America in her. Anyone that has followed her speeches and published memos has been no-confidenced for months.

She hasn't undermined my confidence. I lost it during the last administration. The only thing making it work is the do-nothings on the right in Congress making the afraid-to-do anythings on the left look weak. Nice strategy to divide America. Keep pushing for her resignation--do it in front of our enemies.

Why aren't the Republicans just reciting their mantras? "The scariest words you can hear are 'I'm from the government and I'm here to help'". "The government can't do anything right". And yet, Republicans seem to expect the government to respond and to function at a high level, completely contrary to their expectations. Which way is it?

I don't like Burton, but I go with firing Napolitano as she is obviously unsuited in both personality has none, and in ability. She's a politically robotic hack who was sent to shill as Obama as usual was MIA. Obama waited for 72 hours? Ridiculously out of touch with reality. Burton however is right about Napolitano's total lack of experience and suitability for this enormous job. The entire Homeland Dept is a humongous mess.
Obama's handlers are out of it, and the naivete I'm seeing from the WHouse in these times is troubling. Obama's detachment on this and the Healthcare Reform debate indicate timidity and feebleness when bold and courageous well thought out polices need to be formed and confronted. There is a lack of connectiveness to the public and a highly calculating political policy of hand wringing and compromising. None good..

What's it going to take for people to demand that the incompetent anti-American nutcases leave Washington? How much Obama can we survive? Those of us who knew what he was feel as helpless as we did last year.
When is America going to rise up and tell that OOTWH to get lost?

Yes, good idea, Burton! Let's fire the ineffectual Napolitano, but why don't we let all the rest of the motley crew go with her -- starting with the unconstitutionally-elected Obama, his radical czars, and the corrupt-to-the-bone Chicago mob? This entire administration stinks to high heaven! Let's open the window, and let in some fresh air. Have we had just a mere 11 months of hope and change? It sure feels like at least a decade of darkness and decline. The "system" did not work: we allowed a Manchurian candidate's takeover of our constitutional republic. All the useful idiots who fell for the "change" mantra: behold the aggressive cancer you have allowed to take hold in our country, as we suffer from its metastasis. The same flawed system which supported Obama's rise to power gave the "all clear to board" signal to the Underwear Bomber on Flight 253.

Remember this Napolitano is the same one who warned of returning GI's as possible terror suspects. She should have been kicked after that one. I realize that Obama has to stick to his picks, as stupid as they are, but at some point even he with all of his narcissistic tendencies has to admit he was wrong. What grade are you giving yourself on this appointment Mr. President. How about a poll folks, do you feel safter under Obama or any of the previous presidents. Pick one.

If Napolitano should resign, so should Obama. They are both over their heads. They both refuse to acknowledge that jahad means holy war. We are at war, not merely arresting criminals. Further Obama is the one allowing CIA staff to be investigated for following the DOJ directives and the court marshals for the Navy Seals that punched the terrorists that hung American bodies from a bridge in Iraq. Suppose they gave a war and the president did not notice.

I love that shoe bomber story they have on the front page of Politico right now. Where was the outrage then? How come when Obama's cabinet messes up the right wing is out in force, but security breaches under Bush and ... what, it was Clinton's fault? Fact is Republicans aren't interested in national security, they're only interested in 'NO'. God, it's so sad we've been reduced to a nearly 1 party system in this country because the opposition party is such scum.

Napolitano needs to be canned, pronto. Her deluded response that the system worked in this incident was a classic example of defensive posturing by a bureaucrat who has spent so much time on high, she can't offer a sane critique of the glaring flaws revealed in our nation's security net. Someone who possesses such a mindset is incapable or unwilling to rectify the mistakes that this near catastrophe unearthed.

You all took her words out of context.
When she said the system worked she was implying that the system worked when the system failed, the fail-safe or back up system, if you will, worked when the main system failed, yeah, that's the ticket! It worked very very well. DHS had warned passengers to be on the look out for suspicious behavior and when that passenger saw another passenger go up in flames, did he think to himself "Spontaneous Human Combustion or SHC?" No, he was thinking, "I am witnessing an attempt at "Human Caused Disaster" or HCD, not to be confused with the term "terrorism" which we have learned might offended some as racist and provocative. No! this passenger sprang into action and was well prepared for any HCD attempt because of the information that the the general public that Homeland Security provides.

You all took her words out of context.
When she said the system worked she was implying that the system worked when the system failed, the fail-safe or back up system, if you will, worked when the main system failed, yeah, that's the ticket! It worked very very well. DHS had warned passengers to be on the look out for suspicious behavior and when that passenger saw another passenger go up in flames, did he think to himself "Spontaneous Human Combustion or SHC?" No, he was thinking, "I am witnessing an attempt at "Human Caused Disaster" or HCD, not to be confused with the term "terrorism" which we have learned might offended some as racist and provocative. No! this passenger sprang into action and was well prepared for any HCD attempt because of the information that Homeland Security provide .

Why in the world would anyone listen to a mean, hateful, Republican such as Dan Burton?
Janet Napalitano's words were taken out of context. Because she quickly came out the next day and took it back.
It took Pres. G. W. Bush 6 days before he came forth to speak to the American people when the Shoe Bomber struck. Why is this all a one sided story.
Everyone here is so quick to judge the Obama Administration. It is because you all listen to the party of NO and they are all liars.
Janet Napalitano was a great Gov for the state of AZ. She won two terms and was a very popular Gov. JN is a tough cookie.
The story has changed somewhat that the father of the terrorist did indeed go to the American Embassy only to ask for help in finding his son as he did not know where he was. He did NOT tell the embassy that he was worried that his son was a terrorist. Why hasn't the TV news media reported this.
For goodness sake, the man boarded the plan abroad and not here.

Boy oh boy, just listen to you people. Janet Napalitano should stay in her position as Homeland Sec. She did her job well. Do you all know all the details to be saying all these comments? I think not. Everyone is so quick to judge the Obama Administration it is just pathetic. You would rather listen to all the Rethugs' lies they spew daily and do not help Obama in anyway possible. I sure wouldn't want some of you on my team.
If some would do their research on Bushie, it took him 6 days before he spoke to the people. Now what do some of you have to say about that.
The absurdity of "Brownie, you are doing a helluva a job" doesn't quite match.
JN is doing her job and doing it well.
She certainly does have the personality for this job. In AZ, she was one tough cookie as Gov of the state. And as to someone here posted, that AZ was a nothing state. You are so very wrong in that statement.

Let's see. DHS doesn't issue visas, and they don't work in embassies. Is it her fault that someone in the Nigerian embassy or in the State Dept. dropped the ball? She shouldn't have said that the system worked, but Gibbs said the same thing so I think they got some bad advice from Axelrod or Emmanuel the political guys. A bad choice of words does not equal incompetence. I would just like to point out that the Bush administration also charged Richard Reed in federal courts and convicted him.Terrorism is a crime. Acts of war are committed by armies.

I didn't hear the same shrill voice when Cheney and Bush were in charge. Under their watch, 9/11 and the "shoe- bomber" incident happened. I didn't hear any similar criticism from Dan Burton or any prominent Republican for that matter! Are we being taken for fools by these bunch? When the "shoe bumber" incident occurred, it took Bush more than six days to make any public comment; it took Obama three days in this Chrismas incident. There are indiduals who would take the opportunity of any event or mishap to revisit and try to re-fight the last Presidential elections. That is not democracy; it is only partisan politics at its worse.

Theres no doubt that the secretaties comment was wrong because the system did not work at all. It is inherently flawed in the interest of political correctness. We know what these people look like and what relegion they practice. Most have Arab sounding names as well. Yet the TSA still shakes down grandma at the gate. Eliminate flights to the United States coming from certain countries and requie any middle eastern looking person to go through the back scatter x ray machine otherwise no flight for you today. I garantee this would work flawlwssly.

well of course she has to go. She doesn't take national security seriously. She thinks she is in the first responder business, not the prevention business. She is satisfied with her performance. The world is not. Fire the beotch.

Do your research before commenting. Her statement was taken out of context. She said the system worked after the incident on the plane...not before. Keep blindly following FOX "opinion" News...why put the time in to research the facts?

Oboma coments that it's a systemic failure.Who oversees the system of Homeland Security, Napolitano. Obama was elected because President Bush position per the media, Liberal and Democrats was all wrong. Obama was going to fix it all, WELCOME TO THE REAL WORLD a far different cry from a community organizer.

Will the GOP get off my planet!!! GOP are such hypocrits - if this systematic mishap with a bomber is grounds for scalping someone, then we should scalp after tarring and feathering Bush/Cheney for the 911 horric terror and all the lives lost. They were inept in a much more profound way thatn this incident! GOP are so ugly!

Burton is an idiot. Did he speak up when the shoe bomber was caught during the Bush years? Did he mention incompetence when the WTC was levelled during the Bush presidency?
Napolitano was discussing what was done following the event - not what preceeded. Burton obviously does not know how to listen. He prefers the sound of his own rants instead.
Republicans have been in hysterics about nothing since Obama was elected. They pursue the politics of fear, and have no sense of responsibility about protecting the sanity of this nation. They have been collectively screaming "FIRE" in a crowded theater since January 2009.
Shame on Burton and all his other power hungry freaks looking to politicize every event. The Dems did not scream partisan epithets when the "shoe bomber" got through US security, nor when the "show bomber" was tried in Federal Courts.
The people of his district should be ashamed to have voted for him, and make sure he is voted OUT next time. He is not a thinking man. Just a windbag. One who preaches fear, hatred and panic. Must be a lot of masochistsout there.

Big Sis is qualified to be Homeland Security Chief, because she came out early for Obama instead Of Hillary during the 2008 Presidential Campaign. Her qualifications for the job are purely political. Who can forget the outrage she fomented in Canada when she falsely claimed the 9/11 terrorists came to the US via Canada. Yes she is incompetent and yes Obama needs to boot her out of that job and install a professional. Our lives and country depend upon it.

Most of you seem to forget that the 9/11 attacks happened under the watch of the Bush administration after an unbelievable amount of intelligence and red flags were ignored. Say what you want, but apply it consistently and fairly to both sides. If the same logic holds true, why wasn't Bush, Cheney, Rumsfeld and company fired or forced to resign? I have no idea about Napolitano's credentials, but it seems tome she failed miserably and needs to step down.

It is absolutely essential that Ms. Janet Napolitano step down! It has been one blunder after another with this "head" of "homeland security"... Ms. Napolitano has undone what little interior immigration enforcement we had, she has continued to keep our southern border WIDE OPEN, and she has recently advocated for amnesty for close to 40 million illegal aliens in this country with the false line that our borders are now "secured." Worse, Ms. Napolitano has failed to protect the American people from too many terrorist attempts and attacks these past ten months and is clearly out of her element. Please do the right thing for the safety and security of America, Ms. Napolitano, and STEP DOWN!!

If the Dems had demanded a resignation every time a Bush (including Bush himself) "misspoke," there wouldn't have been anyone left in his administration after eight years.
But Dan, we forgive you since you are from INDIANA!

I recall a Mr. Brown (was it?), who ran FEMA and was instantly fired after Hurricane Katrina, because liberals had a hissy fit and thought that he couldn't handle the job?. He was canned and probably rightfully so?. Now, let's have the same reactions and results for Napolitano. Fire her for incompetence and be done with her. What goes around comes around. She has dropped the ball and must be removed. As a matter of fact, I don't think she has ever had the ball to be exact.

Our inexperienced President with his pathetic administration is more concerned about giving the terrorists rights and not offending them or profiling them. They are more worried about taking away the rights of US citizens and giving them to everyone else. I hope every one of you Obama voters are real proud of where you are taking this country. The soon to be banana republic of the USSA !! Thanks for the Hope and Change you morons !!

I agree whole heartedly. Janet Napolitano is an embarassment and a threat to the security of the good people of the United States of America. We cannot afford to maintain an incompetent like her in such a critical position. Fire her and get someone who can do the job. Preferably a Republican. Now Barry. Now.

He's got a nerve!! Considering that his fellow repug is holding up the nomination to the head of security for the TSA. I would say the repugs are just sinking lower and lower into their muck. The american people deserve men and women in congress who are interested in the well being of the nation. There are far too many repug obstructionists that are collecting their salaries under false pretenses and need to be fired.

I agree with Rep. Dan Burton (R-Ind.), that Secretary Janet Napolitano should go. But I also believe that she should take Rep. Dan Burton (R-Ind.) with her on the way out!
Tom Nass
5th Marine Division - WWII

I agree with Rep. Dan Burton (R-Ind.), a true crumbling pillar of bipartisanship and political derangement, that Secretary Janet Napolitano should go.
I also feel that she should take Rep. Dan Burton (R-Ind.) with her on her way out.
Tom Nass
5th Marine Division - WWII